Polly Peck Story. A memoir
Details:
- Author(s) Zelker, Raymond
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2001
- Pages 192pp; illus
- Publisher Strathearn
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Autobiography of founder with much about his business up to 1979 but also deals extensively with his family's origins and early business in the London rag trade; the British fashion industry generally; his property interests; his horseracing interests. Includes much about Asil Nadir. Chapters include: 'Poland to Petticoat Lane'; 'East End to West End'; 'The fashion industry'; 'High days and holidays'; 'The sport of kings'; 'A property gamble'; 'Enter Nadir'; 'Full circle'